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HellsBells

HellsBells

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I'm Lorraine and I just registered. I'm looking for inspiration and hope because this whole losing weight thing got a whole lot harder once I hit 30! Ultimately, I would love to inspire and give hope to others traveling the same weight loss path. I've got a long way to go and don't expect any miracles to happen...I've given myself a year to lose a little less than 100 lbs. I'm going for the whole "lifestyle" change and hope that slow and steady will win this race.

I'm an emotional eater...I do so when I'm happy, sad, nervous, excited...I run the gamut. I work in a library, so I sit around all day applying my BRAIN but never my BOD. I'm not a big fan of exercise, however I do love taking walks and for whatever reason, am a champion at inclines.

I never drink cokes or anything with caffeine, always drink water (mostly because I'm super into clear skin), but loooove fast food and sweets. I'm trying remedy that, but it's so hard after being raised on happy meals and pizza for breakfast and eating salad only if it's drenched in dressing and has a crouton for every bite!

I'm still figuring this site out, so bear with me! Hope to interact with you soon!
 
welcome to the boards. I'm in somewhat of the same boat as you. Its rough as hell, at least for me, being the creature of habit that I am. I ended up outlining 8 main things I can do to improve my eating plan and I'm implementing one new one each week over the next 2 months. Same with exercise.
 
Gracias!

What are your "8 things"? Do you have them posted somewhere?

And I imagine we'll have our good days and bad...creature of habit indeed! I just need to figure out a way to remove the mental block that makes bad habits soooo fun, and good habits so difficult and un-fun.
 
Oh yeah, if you look down in the journals base, mine is in there. I think on page 2 of the journal proper.

mostly, its
cut out sodas
substitute more chicken & fish for red meat
eat more veggies
eat breakfast
etc... some are broken up into multi week stages, like veggies for snacks. but you'll get the idea.

the strange part, doing this so far, the 'bad' habits haven't been hard breaking, and some have just started falling away. ok, for real, I can plow through a bag of soft batch or subway cookies in no time. now, I really don't like the taste. subway tastes like burnt sugar once I got off all teh refined sugars and sodas, etc.

ow, I also have a secondary main personal restriction. i pretty much refuse absolutely to eat any food labeled 'diet' that has all kinds of substitutes and chemicals in it to make it low calorie. Now, I use egg beaters, better than eggs, etc for my eggs, but that's pretty much all real egg with some coloring and flavoring, but things like splenda, nutrasweet, etc.. oh hell no..
 
thanks for the info...lifestyle changes are usually the simplest to perform, yet the hardest to implement! if that made any sense.

and I'm 100% with you on the DENIAL of fake sugars. I'm the same way with butter, in moderation.
 
welcome to the forum Lorraine !!
it really is great here !! alot of support. and great ideas. and great insiration when you see where some have come from to where they are now . im actually fixing to be 45 and its really hard to get out there and change habits. but step by step im going to make it . i set small mini steps . like my first goal is to get unger the 300 lb. i walk a mile a day. and exercise to richard simmons sweatin to the oldies. right now working on the first one. when i first started it i barly could get through the warm up with out panting so hard . now i can get through the whole thing but still lil out of breath. and walking when i first started i barly get down the road i felt like i would faint from lack of oxygen. but thats getting alot easier what use to take me 35 min to walk a mile. i can currentlydo in 23. still not 15 min it shouldbe . but im working on it. and when cleaning house, i put my music on my ears and away i go, danceing every chance i get . it does get easier . and this past week end was away at my daughters it snowed and sleeted could not walk . did not have my richard simmons tape . i actually missed those things never dreamed i would miss it . so when i got one of the songs in my head i would do the moves to the song from memory and my granddaughters would say maw maw what are you doing lol. was so funny . plus they have stairs i walked up and down those some while i was there. wish you luck on your goal!!! i have faith in you ..:hurray: YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!! if you ever need a pal to talk to you can send me a message .
 
lilbrat40 said:
welcome to the forum Lorraine !!
it really is great here !! alot of support. and great ideas. and great insiration when you see where some have come from to where they are now . im actually fixing to be 45 and its really hard to get out there and change habits. but step by step im going to make it . i set small mini steps . like my first goal is to get unger the 300 lb. i walk a mile a day. and exercise to richard simmons sweatin to the oldies. right now working on the first one. when i first started it i barly could get through the warm up with out panting so hard . now i can get through the whole thing but still lil out of breath. and walking when i first started i barly get down the road i felt like i would faint from lack of oxygen. but thats getting alot easier what use to take me 35 min to walk a mile. i can currentlydo in 23. still not 15 min it shouldbe . but im working on it. and when cleaning house, i put my music on my ears and away i go, danceing every chance i get . it does get easier . and this past week end was away at my daughters it snowed and sleeted could not walk . did not have my richard simmons tape . i actually missed those things never dreamed i would miss it . so when i got one of the songs in my head i would do the moves to the song from memory and my granddaughters would say maw maw what are you doing lol. was so funny . plus they have stairs i walked up and down those some while i was there. wish you luck on your goal!!! i have faith in you ..:hurray: YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!! if you ever need a pal to talk to you can send me a message .
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Thanks for your reply...you sound like you are on the ball! Your story is inspirational! :hurray: I think the most important thing is to keep moving...and dancing is a most excellent way to accomplish that! entertaining your granddaughters at the same time is icing on the cake.

I look forward to hearing all about your progress in the coming months :)
 
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